1. He reached the semis after beating Lendl in the quarterfinal.

2. Two men only would advance to the semis.

3. Phebus beat Stanford's Ania Blezynski in the semis.

4. They play Barcelona in the semis, while Alaves meet Kaiserslautern.

5. Attractive new semis, terraced and detached houses are replacing the old concrete eyesores.

6. Outside, the once-respectable semis have crooked To Let signs and greying net curtains.

7. She cruised through the 1930s' red brick semis and the 1950s' concrete estates on the east of the town.

8. We were four minutes away from the semis.

9. Now we have a tough draw in the semis.

10. If they got to the semis that would be a really good effort.

11. She hasn't been to the semis for a couple of years in a Grand Slam.

12. It is always disappointing not to get the semis or final of the three majors(), and that's two gone already.

13. For the semis of the UK Championships, when I was all but dead and buried, that's got to be my best five-frame spell ever.

14. The little semis...defending their privacy...with rows of murderous iron spikes.

15. Mary Joe's appearance in the final was earned with a 6-1 6-4 win over Gabriela Sabatini in the semis.

16. Canvassing one day in a by-election in Essex, Martin was asked to cover a street of drab brick semis.

16. Wish you will love and make progress everyday!

17. Louise Donington and Fiona Pennie both missed out in the semis.

18. But if we lost to Sweden, we would face the French in the semis.

19. We watched on TV as LSU lost to eventual-national-champion Louisville in the semis.

20. The same busy state highway, 99W, still ran through the center of town, so the main street was bisected by a steady stream of vehicles from semis to limos.

21. The home side will take on the Netherlands in the semis on Thursday.

22. We as a family had booked tickets for Shrek The Musical on Saturday as a treat, and my wife warned me I could get to the semis.

23. Having taken the Celts to the absolute limit in last year's Conference Semis, the Cavs may have the best shot to dethrone the champs .

24. The small trucks pale in pounds transported per gallon relative to semis or trains.

25. With the prices between the local and overseas markets narrowing up and the high export rebate of taxes given by the government, the export quantity of aluminum semis increased rapidly.

26. If the election in November is the finals, we need to get into the semis.

27. It will be difficult and we will need to have two good days against them to reach the semis.

28. The Briton could overtake Roger Federer in the rankings if he reaches the final and the Swiss falls before the semis.

29. Frazier's team had defeated Jackson's North Dakota squad in the semis.

30. A Murray-Berdych quarter would be a great match-up, but I think Murray is playing well and will get back to the semis.

31. Chang had beaten the top-seed, former US Open Champion Sam Stosur, in the semis so deserved her tilt at the title.

32. You need four times the mental strength to get through all those qualifying rounds and semis.

33. Bellucci, ranked 36th, reached the semis of a Masters 1000 event for the first time.